TEHRAN (Basirat) : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a telephone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, rejected as “meaningless” the notion that the Islamic Republic may hold talks with the US administration while the economic sanctions are in place.

TEHRAN (Basirat) : Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani described the dismissal of John Bolton as US national security adviser as a “superficial” change and said it would not affect Tehran’s perception of Washington’s policies.

TEHRAN (basirat) : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country’s third step to suspend more of its nuclear commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers would be taken on Friday.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Sauntering through the teeming traditional markets of Isfahan, the erstwhile capital of Iran during the Safavid rule, Daniel and his partner Julie were busy picking up souvenirs for their friends back home.

TEHRAN(Basirat): The chairman of the Nuclear Committee of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said a delegation from the commission is slated to visit nuclear sites to examine the process of reducing commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.

TEHRAN(Basirat): A team of researchers at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University of Technology have designed and manufactured a robotic arm for removing pollutants from the surfaces of the double umbrella type porcelain insulators, Mehr reported on Saturday.

TEHRAN(Basirat): The Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI), the body responsible for issuing reports on major economic indicators, says inflation is slowing for a first time since a political dispute with the United States erupted over a year ago and caused a major surge in prices.